The raise would have a minimal impact on the city's budget, Burkett said.

Council-member pay would rise from $150 to $250 a month, with the mayor pro tem's wages rising from $200 to $330 and the mayor from $250 to $410.

The proposal also would do away with the $20 council members receive for attending up to four special meetings per month.

(The mayor of Port Angeles gets paid $650 per month, with the deputy (pro-tem) mayor getting $600 and other City Council members getting $500.)

It is a ''matter of bringing it up from 1995 levels to something a little bit closer to 2014, given inflation,” Burkett said of the proposal to raise Sequim council members' pay.

Council raises would not take effect until the next election for individual seats: 2016 for those now held by Mayor Candace Pratt and council members Ken Hays, Erik Erichsen and Laura Dubois, and 2018 for the seat now held by Mayor Pro Tem Dennis Smith and council members Ted Miller and Genaveve Starr.

The proposed raises would increase the cost to the city by $2,760 over the next four years.________